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Chess 20 Apr 1932, Wed Mount Vernon Argus (White Plains, New York) Newspapers.com
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THE READER’S GAME The number of readers playing against us steadily increases This week finds three nqw names among the voters The total vote for Black’s third move is seven with a majority of four calling for 3 ' Our answer is 4 P-Q4 ' The game so far: 1 P-K4 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-KB3 3 KtxP 4 P-Q4' ? Be sure to have your' vote for Black’s 4th move in the office of The Daily Argus by next Monday To be on the safe side you'd better send it off tonight j The majority vote was cast by Louis Davis Dr B M Scholder Clarence Schmidt and Louis gim-berkoff.
The minority vofei’s ' at least agreed on one move 3 P-Q3 They w'era Charles W Caley Jr Seymour Israel and Ben W McCready McCready in his letter hopes that his vote is in the majority because he “considers it the only third move in the’ Petroff that gives Black a good chance” We agree with you Ben and we o n pl Cromelin Jfiltorman 8 United States champion.
Due to tack of space dis-of the games with the Casablanca Peinlich Stoughton Detach R J Reichert won a to pull our fourth move out of head We hope it’s a good thought your move would win so we left our chessmen at home and nad our one White Plains came down to (Note: cussion White Plains team will he run tomorrow) Two M J Lyons 6-1 Eolis 5-2: Louis Davis M AKS HALL-MAN J I ATTA N The annual series of the Metropolitan Chess League came to its eleventh and final round last Saturday In the preceding ten rounds both the Marshall and the Manhattan Chess Clubs had been undefeated and so met to decide the championship The games were held at the home of the Marshall Chess Club the defending champion At the close of play the score was 3—1 in favor of the Marshall-ites with four games adjourned Of the adjourned games two seem to favor the Marshall Club and two the Manhattan so that the chances are that the Marshall Chess Club will retaian the Metropolitan Championship. In the pairing for boards which was arranged by lot fate drew Isaac I Kashdanwho will give a simultaneous exhibition against 120 players at the St George Hotel on April 24 agaianst rank J-Marshall the United States champion Kashdan outplayed Marshall in the middle game and their play was finally adjourned with Marshall two pawns down- -It is not expected that Marshall will be able to recover from this handicap This game will no doubt confirm the opinion of many who believe that Kashdan would be a worthy opponent for Marshall in a match for the ship Ben W avy 3-2 Group Miss H 5-3 until he agaianst the present The two title games to us in time week but we you next Wed- Game adjourned White Plains played the White pieces uu the odd-numbered boards The win of this match places Mount Vernon in a position to win second place in the County League Only one match stands in the way the remaining one with Greenwich a team which has been beaten twice before by Mount Vernon This is quite a good place to be reached by a team In its first year of competition Play in the Intra-Mural Tournament was continued last Thursday night at the Campbell House during the regular meeting of tnc Mount Vernon Chess Club In Group One Dr Blasi took on Harry Bradbury and Martin Harkavy simultaneously defeated Bradbury but finally adjourned his game with Harkavy after losing the ex change Queen’s Pawn opening from H Schipf.
In Group Two Mrs Ben IV McCready with the White pieces won against a Petroff played by Miss Helen Taylor MrsPaul L Cromelin returned to the fold after an absence of a month to lose two games Her victorious opponents were Louis Davis and M J Lyons The tournameht leaders are: Group One: Dr A A Blasi 8-0 McCready 5-3 M Haik- The results follows: Whit Plains Sharrard 'Hoffman THE CITY CHAMPION Last Saturday Dr Anthony A Blasi was crowned the Chess Champion of the City of Mount Vernon The doctor after adjourning one game a pawn down the week before resumed play and won He then took the “Second straight game to win the title His opponent in the finals was Max Hacker a player of no mean ability who had gone through the tournament undefeated came up champion were not available for publication this will submit them to nesday Mount Vernon vs White Plains Mount Vernon last riday night with the hope of hanging up a rec-i ord ot a season undefeated But the local boys “gerded up their lerns” and blasted this ’ hope by winning to the tune of 5 to 2 with one game adjourned by boards were as Boartla Mount Vernon I Blu-i 1
The minority vofei’s ' at least agreed on one move 3 P-Q3 They w'era Charles W Caley Jr Seymour Israel and Ben W McCready McCready in his letter hopes that his vote is in the majority because he “considers it the only third move in the’ Petroff that gives Black a good chance” We agree with you Ben and we o n pl Cromelin Jfiltorman 8 United States champion.
Due to tack of space dis-of the games with the Casablanca Peinlich Stoughton Detach R J Reichert won a to pull our fourth move out of head We hope it’s a good thought your move would win so we left our chessmen at home and nad our one White Plains came down to (Note: cussion White Plains team will he run tomorrow) Two M J Lyons 6-1 Eolis 5-2: Louis Davis M AKS HALL-MAN J I ATTA N The annual series of the Metropolitan Chess League came to its eleventh and final round last Saturday In the preceding ten rounds both the Marshall and the Manhattan Chess Clubs had been undefeated and so met to decide the championship The games were held at the home of the Marshall Chess Club the defending champion At the close of play the score was 3—1 in favor of the Marshall-ites with four games adjourned Of the adjourned games two seem to favor the Marshall Club and two the Manhattan so that the chances are that the Marshall Chess Club will retaian the Metropolitan Championship. In the pairing for boards which was arranged by lot fate drew Isaac I Kashdanwho will give a simultaneous exhibition against 120 players at the St George Hotel on April 24 agaianst rank J-Marshall the United States champion Kashdan outplayed Marshall in the middle game and their play was finally adjourned with Marshall two pawns down- -It is not expected that Marshall will be able to recover from this handicap This game will no doubt confirm the opinion of many who believe that Kashdan would be a worthy opponent for Marshall in a match for the ship Ben W avy 3-2 Group Miss H 5-3 until he agaianst the present The two title games to us in time week but we you next Wed- Game adjourned White Plains played the White pieces uu the odd-numbered boards The win of this match places Mount Vernon in a position to win second place in the County League Only one match stands in the way the remaining one with Greenwich a team which has been beaten twice before by Mount Vernon This is quite a good place to be reached by a team In its first year of competition Play in the Intra-Mural Tournament was continued last Thursday night at the Campbell House during the regular meeting of tnc Mount Vernon Chess Club In Group One Dr Blasi took on Harry Bradbury and Martin Harkavy simultaneously defeated Bradbury but finally adjourned his game with Harkavy after losing the ex change Queen’s Pawn opening from H Schipf.
In Group Two Mrs Ben IV McCready with the White pieces won against a Petroff played by Miss Helen Taylor MrsPaul L Cromelin returned to the fold after an absence of a month to lose two games Her victorious opponents were Louis Davis and M J Lyons The tournameht leaders are: Group One: Dr A A Blasi 8-0 McCready 5-3 M Haik- The results follows: Whit Plains Sharrard 'Hoffman THE CITY CHAMPION Last Saturday Dr Anthony A Blasi was crowned the Chess Champion of the City of Mount Vernon The doctor after adjourning one game a pawn down the week before resumed play and won He then took the “Second straight game to win the title His opponent in the finals was Max Hacker a player of no mean ability who had gone through the tournament undefeated came up champion were not available for publication this will submit them to nesday Mount Vernon vs White Plains Mount Vernon last riday night with the hope of hanging up a rec-i ord ot a season undefeated But the local boys “gerded up their lerns” and blasted this ’ hope by winning to the tune of 5 to 2 with one game adjourned by boards were as Boartla Mount Vernon I Blu-i 1
